To Verify the Installation

Verify the Portal Server software installation by:

• Accessing the of the sample portals.

• Accessing the Portal Server software administration console.

• (Optional) Verifying the Gateway port and running the Portal Server in secure mode.

Steps

1. Type protocol://fully-qualified-hostname:port/portal-URI in the browser.

   When you type the URL, the welcome page, a short description of Portal server and links to sample portals that you selected for installation is displayed. Click on one of the links and access the anonymous portal desktop for the sample portal. If the sample Portal desktop displays without any exception, then your Portal Server installation was successful.

2. Type protocol://fully-qualified-hostname:port/psconsole in the browser.

3. Run the following command to check if the gateway is running on the specified port (the default port is 443):

   netstat -an | grep port-number

   If the gateway is not running, use the following command to start the gateway:

   PortalServer7-base/SUNWportal/bin/psadmin start-sra-instance -u amadmin -f amadmin-password-file --instance-type gateway --instance-name GatewayInstanceName

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   Note –

   Create a file and add amadmin password in plaint text and pass it as an input to the -f option above.

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   Also view the log files. The log file name is picked up from the property called debug.com.sun.portal.handler.java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern in the platform.conf file.

4. Run the Portal Server in secure mode by typing the gateway URL in your browser:

   https://gateway-machine-name:portnumber

   If you have chosen the default port (443) during installation, you need not specify the port number.